On Monday, MINIsOnTop Mountain Maestro Steve (Cape Cod MINI) found that the best way to wind down after organizing MINIsOnTop is to wind up the revs on the track at NHIS, organized by the SCDA. For my part in easing the end of MINIsOnTop, I went up to watch him drive and took some pictures and video!
The SCDA events are quite expensive ($235/day) but with four half hour sessions on the track and a lot of class time, it seems that Steve got value for money! I saw three track sessions, and sat in on a couple of class times too (which were very well presented and educational) – Steve improved throughout the day and on the final run was passed by no-one!
Steve’s MINI Cooper S, like all MINIs, performed very well on cornering (beating all other cars in his class) but on the straights he was beaten by the higher power engined cars – this resulted in Steve being stuck behind some cars for most of the track (many corners at NHIS) but being unable to pass on the main straight.
This was solved on the last run because some of the drivers had quit, and because Steve was at the front of the queue so never got stuck behind more powerful cars, and instead had fun passing the slower cars (including another MINI Cooper S running on runflat tires!) …
M&I / GBMINI 
Thanks, Ian!!
It’s nice to see the cars from another view and to hear the super charger whine down the front straight!
next time you need to get in the car with Steve (if you dare) and get some nice in-car footage. 🙂
looks like a lot of fun even spectating.
Actually Blaine, Steve did have an in-car camera running (sometimes even with the lens cap off) so hopefully he will provide some footage …